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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by newacct583 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:39PM (#23918829)
Within your (and my) peer group it is, sure. But even you surely know a bunch of folks who don't have an easy fallback like that. For anyone from a poorer background, and especially those who have to move (or, yikes, immigrate) somewhere else to found a startup, it's very much not.

It's the privilege argument that I'm sure you're sick of arguing about. The world is set up well for perfectly ordinary middle class educated kids with working (or wealthy) parents. That's not everyone.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by epicureanideal on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:19PM (#23919298)
I would refine this by saying "upper middle class" rather than "middle class", depending on how we define the middle class.

If you're somewhere in the lower or middle "middle class", the world still isn't set up very well for you.

Being of the "cultural upper middle class" (born into a professor, scientist, engineer, etc. family) is also an advantage.

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